Why astronomers want to put a telescope on the dark side of the moon
www.popsci.com
LuSEE-Night is designed to provide never-before-seen glimpses of one of the universe's least understood eras.

I find it hard to believe that Popular Science would make such a mistake, but the author has reinforced the mistake by starting the article with “The dark side of the moon, despite its name, is a perfect vantage point for observing the universe.”

But all the quotes from scientists correctly say “far side of the moon”.

I know this isn’t really “science news” but I couldn’t find any other community to share this.

  • Windex007@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 year ago

    The complete quote:

    The hemisphere has sometimes been called the "dark side of the Moon", where "dark" means "unknown" instead of "lacking sunlight" – each side of the Moon experiences two weeks of sunlight while the opposite side experiences two weeks of night.[1][2][3][4]